In a really strange way I almost feel like I'm rooting for all of these large social content sites to implode. They really dropped the ball on creating positive communities, and they're exploited children and really looted the country with encouraging corruption and terrible human behavior.
It's gaslighting plain and simple, the problem is that many can't see it because each user on these platforms has a different perspective due to the walled algorithms. I'm not really worried about anyone stealing my secrets though, I only shitpost on most of them when I'm not promoting music under my artist alias, but geez, the damage to children and to people that really are struggling to find success is very apparent when you look thorough the feeds on these apps.
Even "NiFT" and "crupto" scams were pushed heavily by these platforms, further highlighting the outright usury, manipulation, and broken promises these platforms encourage. I don't really think that apps like these will ever do anything right or good moving forward after such a wild run of manipulation and excess. It's better for us all to light up the old bulletin boards and web sites and struggle to get ranked on Google. At least that way posts will be in chronological order once again, with hopefully far less ads.
short-form video content is here to stay. If TikTok fails, the clones of it already in place at YouTube, Facebook, etc will just become more prominent. I wouldn't be surprised if TikTok isn't acquired by an entity the US "trusts".
The short form content is a generally good thing. I don't have a problem with short form content. It's mainly the manipulation involved in hosting and delivering it that I have a problem with.
Right now the platforms leave classification and promotion of that content up to users. Carefully though out communities based on specific niche and local content would do far better, provided they stay committed to equality and fair presentation of that content, and to not growing too big to moderate.
A smaller community of TikTok dedicated to only hosting music videos (for example), Or a community dedicated to books on tape and interviews of authors would be far more enjoyable, more easily moderated, and effective than a platform for simply everything like TikTok etc... in my opinion.
>A smaller community of TikTok dedicated to only hosting music videos (for example), Or a community dedicated to books on tape and interviews of authors would be far more enjoyable, more easily moderated, and effective than a platform for simply everything like TikTok etc... in my opinion.
So something like Discord's channels, Reddit's subreddits or Twitch's categories?
Discord is a walled garden. You have to be a member to see content and posts.
Reddit often heavily moderates and even bans user accounts for wild reasons, even after years of putting work in to build subreddits.
Newer (and smaller) community ideas are long overdue. The big sites do not currently serve local communities and creators as well as small communities (without log-in walls) can.
If ByteDance wants to sell they will most likely choose Microsoft and demand at least $100bn for TikTok. Microsoft has the money and that acquisition would turn Microsoft into advertising powerhouse with Bing raking in $10bn a year, TikTok raking in also at least $10bn a year plus Microsoft signed a deal with Netflix to help them with advertising on Netflix.
I don't believe that Microsoft as a company has the soul to do anything but eventually destroy it by integrating and advertising office products on it if that happened. Actually, I'm pretty sure most companies would destroy it if it changed hands anyway, but it would be the end of the world if they allowed people to make TikToks with PowerPoint... The crashes alone would destroy America worse than China has so far.
>In a really strange way I almost feel like I'm rooting for all of these large social content sites to implode.
If they are about to implode, what will replace them? For example YouTube got started in 2006 and at first it was all about people and positive vibes and now it is the same like Facebook and Twitter are. Clickbait, sensational and fishy nonsense content.
My two favorites niches are Music and Gaming and I occasionally watch some documentary, interview or podcast. But there is really lots of spammy and bad content on YouTube.
I sort through tons of crap on YouTube and curate my own music collection, and then host my picks on my own music site...
It's a ton of work, also needs a design update, but when I post there it's 1000x more fulfilling for me and far more visible than on any social site (at least for now). It's also pretty cool that I don't get banned just for sharing my own music on my own site, as opposed to what Reddit does.
I don't know what CDN Nebula uses but it's borderline unusable for me. Videos reliably stop loading halfway through and the only fix is to refresh the page. I haven't experienced this with any other website.
Also, it's not like Nebula's front page isn't filled with chum. And the worst part is you can't dismiss suggestions.
I don’t think it’s strange at all. I’m actively rooting for their implosion for all the reasons that you’ve mentioned. Social media is not good for humanity and the sooner we realize it (and get rid of it) the better
It's gaslighting plain and simple, the problem is that many can't see it because each user on these platforms has a different perspective due to the walled algorithms. I'm not really worried about anyone stealing my secrets though, I only shitpost on most of them when I'm not promoting music under my artist alias, but geez, the damage to children and to people that really are struggling to find success is very apparent when you look thorough the feeds on these apps.
Even "NiFT" and "crupto" scams were pushed heavily by these platforms, further highlighting the outright usury, manipulation, and broken promises these platforms encourage. I don't really think that apps like these will ever do anything right or good moving forward after such a wild run of manipulation and excess. It's better for us all to light up the old bulletin boards and web sites and struggle to get ranked on Google. At least that way posts will be in chronological order once again, with hopefully far less ads.
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